The nationwide ground stop halted domestic takeoffs across the country, but controllers gave priority clearance to long-haul overseas arrivals. A Boeing 777 en route to San Francisco coordinated directly with Oakland control to secure an on-time 5 a.m. landing alongside services bound for New York and Newark. Return operations to India remained mostly stable, with only the San Francisco departure facing a delay of roughly two hours and forty minutes. Officials warned that full system recovery from the disruption will take several days.
Key points
Air traffic controllers prioritized inbound international arrivals over domestic operatio…: Air traffic controllers prioritized inbound international arrivals over domestic operations during the five-hour communications outage.
This event represents the second major American air traffic communication system collapse…: This event represents the second major American air traffic communication system collapse occurring in under four years.
Ripple effects from the nationwide ground stop are expected to impact broader airline net…: Ripple effects from the nationwide ground stop are expected to impact broader airline networks for several days.
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AI kept a close eye on the developing situation and the four other flights kept proceeding to their destinations (Representative image)
NEW DELHI: Air India’s Delhi-San Francisco (SFO) nonstop was over the Pacific and just about two hours away from its destination, when the US ordered a ground stop on Friday the 13th when Uncle Sam’s outdated air traffic control (ATC) systems began to fail. There were four other AI nonstops, all to New York via the Atlantic route, but they were further away from their destinations. Luckily, the US Air Traffic Control System Command Centre (ATCSCC) advisory issued at 2.24 am (IST of Nov 14) to announce the ground stop said “inbound international flights will be managed on a case by case basis” while asking all departing flights to remain on ground. The Boeing 777 (VT-ALS) landed in SFO at 5 am.“As soon as the ATCSCC advisory was issued at 2.24 am, AI flight operations buzzed the leadership team and they went into a huddle. SFO flight was the closest to its destination and proceeded since the pilots, who…
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